Thor Halvorssen Mendoza, a renowned human rights activist and founder
of the HRF or Human Rights Foundation, recently discussed the release
of human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko and journalist Bheki Makhubu in
Swaziland. The release of these two men came after they had been
sentenced to two years in jail in July 2014 for contempt of court for
writing articles that were critical of the country's judicial system.
The HRF deemed them to be prisoners of conscience and called for their
release. Maseko was, at the time, scheduled to speak at the 2014 Oslo
Freedom Forum.
"Yesterday’s decision by the Supreme Court of
Swaziland is a great moment for Thulani Maseko and his family, and we
are overjoyed that he will return home after 14 long months,” said HRF
president Thor Halvorssen. “However, that Maseko was held for over a
year in a maximum security prison like a dangerous criminal simply for
publishing an article is a reminder that his country continues to be
ruled by a dictator-king. So the peaceful fight for a free and
democratic Swaziland goes on."
Thor Halvorssen Mendoza and the HRF continue to fight for human rights across the globe. For more information, see https://www.facebook.com/thorhalvorssen or visit http://newswire.net/newsroom/pr/00089541-thor-halvorssen-mendoza-release-swazi-prisoners.html
About Thor Halvorssen Mendoza:
Thor
Halvorssen Mendoza is a human rights activist and the founder and CEO
of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF). This group is a non-partisan,
non-profit organization that promotes and protects global human rights
and unites people in the common cause of promoting democracy. The group
focuses on the founding ideals of the human rights movement represented
in the 1976 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
(ICCPR).
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Thor Halvorssen Mendoza
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